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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.-

MoRRISM. REIS, oF PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA.

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SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 244,667, dated July 19, 1881. Application tlled'May 12, 1881. v (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, MORRIS M. REIS, acitizen of the United States, residing in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, have invented anllnprovement in Price-Tags, of which the following is a specitication.

My invention relates to an `improvement inv that class of tags which are furnished with pins or hooks, whereby they nre attached to the articles in connection with which they are intended to be used, the main object of my improvement being to so construct Such a tag that it can be readily applied or removed, but will be firmly retained when in place, a further object being to protect the point of the pin with which ,the tag is furnished. These objects I attain in the manner which I will now proceed to describe, reference being had to the accompanying drawings,rin which- Figure l is a perspective view, drawn to anv1 enlarged scale, and showing 4the parts of my improved tag detached from each other; Fig. 2, a longitudinal Section of the tag, also drawn to an enlarged scale5and Fig. 3, a transverse section.

The tag consists of two cards, A and B, which are secured together by any suitable paste or cement, and between which is secured the shank a of the pin D, said ,shank having a loop, b, formed thereon to give it a lateral bearing on the card and prevent the twisting of the shank; or, in place of the loop, the shank. may be attened throughout the whole or a part of its length. One of the free ends of the shank is bent, so as to Vform the stern d, which is pointed at the end, the opposite free end ot' the shank being bent first rearward beneath `the edge ofthe card, as shown at e, and being then bent laterally, so as to.for1n the hook f,

which receives and retains the end of the stem d ot' the pin, the elasticity of the latter being such that when the end of the stem is released V from the hook f said stem will assume the postein d after the tag is attached, the bent por- I tion e of the shank a projecting beyond the point of the stem d and preventing the latter from catching in goods with which itis brought in cont-actJ or from injuring persons who may be handling the goods.

l claim as my invention- The combination of the two parts A B of the tag with the pin D, having a shank, a, secured between said parts, one end of the shank being bent to form a lateral hook, j', for the reception of the pointed Stem d of the pin, said hookf occupying a position so far from the edge of the tag that. the point of the stem d does not extend beyond the latter, as setforth.

In testimony whereof I have signed myname toY this Specication in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

MORRIS M. REIS.

Witnesses WM. P. LOGAN, HARRY SMITH. 

